Crime Statistics for Rowley Regis, Sandwell, Sandwell, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Rowley Regis in September 2024. There were a total of 460 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Rowley Regis, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime212
Shoplifting42
Criminal Damage Arson38
Anti Social Behaviour38
Vehicle Crime25
Burglary24
Drugs18
Other Theft16
Public Order14
Other Crime13
Possession Of Weapons10
Robbery8
Bicycle Theft2
All Crime460

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Rowley Regis. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Rowley Regis

We've taken the ten nearest places to Rowley Regis and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Rowley Regis has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Rowley Regis436
Dudley Wood (1.39 miles)326
Haden Cross (1.24 miles)319
Oakham (1.24 miles)313
Oldbury (1.39 miles)268
Blackheath (0.88 miles)247
Portway (0.88 miles)247
Baptist End (1.39 miles)216
Springfield (0.62 miles)189
Netherton (1.39 miles)183

9.23%
of Rowley (Sandwell) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Rowley Regis?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Rowley Regis and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Rowley Regis212
Oakham195
Haden Cross133
Dudley Wood132
Portway125
Oldbury118
Blackheath117
Springfield92
Baptist End78
Netherton73

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Rowley Regis?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Rowley Regis to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Rowley Regis compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Rowley Regis and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Rowley Regis have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Belle Vale.

#WardScore
1Rowley67
2Langley65
3Tividale60
4Netherton, Woodside and St Andrews59
5Brierley Hill58
6Cradley Heath and Old Hill57
7Blackheath56
8Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood54
9Cradley and Wollescote50
10Halesowen North48
11Belle Vale34

Which road in Rowley Regis has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Rowley Regis with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Bill Thomas Way.

Last updated: September 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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